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New property securities head for CFSGAM

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2012
Stephen Hayes has been appointed head of Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFSGAM) property securities. Hayes is returning to CFSGAM after leaving in 2006 to establish Perennial Real Estate Investments, a joint venture with Perennial Investment ...

APA, HDF tug-o-war continues

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2012
... Friday APA said that it would increase its cash-and-scrip offer by 18 cents, taking it to 80 cents in cash and 0.39 APA securities for each HDF security; however the increase is conditional of APA achieving a 90% acceptance level, allowing it to compulsorily ...

AFMA urges ASIC to focus on market risk

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2012
The Australian Financial Markets Association wants the Australian Securities & Investments Commission to refine its proposed approach to dark pools, claiming it would lead to better targeted regulatory intervention in the market. Dark pools are orders ...

Shareholders force RE change

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2012
... units in the fund was being diluted, and expressed concern over plans by 360 Capital to list the fund on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). Denison Funds Management CEO, Matthew Burrows, said Denison would willingly step into the role as Responsible ...

Income-seeking investors returning to secured credit

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2012
... GFC - spurred by the bursting of the US housing bubble and liquidity squeeze - over 75% of investors in asset-backed securities were highly leveraged - with no requirement to hold significant capital against their investment portfolios. With leveraged ...

ASIC issues crowd funding guidance

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2012
The Australian Securities & Investments Commission has issued guidance to promoters of 'crowd funding' to clarify arrangements that may be regulated under the Corporations Act and the ASIC Act. Crowd funding involves the use of the internet and social ...

Hastings securities in trading halt as PPA ups offer

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2012
Hastings securities have been placed in a trading halt ahead of this morning's announcement by Pipeline Partners Australia (PPA) that it has upped its all-cash offer price for Hastings Diversified Utilities Fund (HDF). PPA had until midnight (AEST) ...

Storm's victims counselled against settlement

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2012
... out-of-court settlement, should one be offered. Levitt advised his clients not to support any move by the Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC) to accept an out of court settlement on the pretext that it would enable the banks to avoid ...

ASIC targets securities dealers

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2012
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission is honing in on securities dealers after discovering evidence of insufficient steps to ensure clients receive appropriate advice. ASIC's fourth market supervision report is the first to include information ...

ASIC calls for kill-switch

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2012
... seeking would be used to prevent systemic damage to the market as a consequence of automated trading. Earlier this month securities trading firm Knight Capital installed new trading software that operated out of control for 45 minutes before it was noticed ...